My name is Reid Williams, and I earned my Eagle over 20 years ago as a Scout in Waterville, Ohio, but I never got to attend the national jamboree as a Scout. I did, however, work as jamboree staff at national exhibits at the 2010 jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill. First of all, I was blown away by how much there was to do and to see the spirit of Scouts from all over the U.S., and even from other countries was incredible. But, I think my favorite moment was in the Shining Light arena show, when the lead singer of the rock band Switchfoot left the stage and ran out in the crowd of nearly 100,000 people. To celebrate the Shining Light theme he got all of the Scouts and the rest of the crowd to fire off their camera flashes at the same time and it was like fireworks going off in the crowd and you could see everyone’s smiling and shouting faces, 40,000 Scouts and Venturers and all sorts of other people. It was something to behold. And it was in that moment that I knew you know, wow, this is a really special thing to be a part of Scouting’s largest gathering. So I encourage all the Scouts and Scouters out there to get registered for the first-ever national jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in 2013. I think it’s gonna be something you won’t wanna miss. And that’s my jamboree story.

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